Ferguson v. State

In the city court of Americus the defendant was convicted of the offense of shooting on a public highway. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepts to that'judgment. The motion is upon the statutory grounds and also upon the extraordinary ground of newly-discovered evidence. Tfre *842plaintiff in error contends that it is necessary for the State to prove all of the material allegations before the jury would be authorized to convict, and insists that the State failed in this case to establish his guilt, because, under the Penal Code, §508, guilt is not established by proving alone…